Democratic and GOP strategists discuss what to expect from the Biden-Trump debates
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🗓️ 15 May 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the news hour. President Biden and former President Trump have agreed to debate one on one, |
| 0:06.0 | but without the involvement of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which has run those debates since 1988. |
| 0:12.0 | Their agreement came after Biden's campaign laid out terms and dates in a letter this morning, |
| 0:17.0 | and Biden issued this challenge. |
| 0:19.0 | Well, make my day, pal. I'll even do it twice. So let's pick the dates, Donald. I hear you free on Wednesdays. |
| 0:27.4 | To which Mr. Trump replied online, quote, let's get ready to rumble. Both have accepted offers from CNN and ABC to take part |
| 0:36.0 | in June and September debates respectively. For more on this I'm joined by Republican |
| 0:40.8 | strategist Kevin Madden and Democratic strategist Vashakir. |
| 0:44.6 | Great to see you both. Thank you for being here. |
| 0:46.8 | Before we jump into the conversation, I think it's worth reminding everyone what it was like |
| 0:51.1 | when these two faced off back in September of 2020 in their first |
| 0:54.6 | debate here's a clip. The question is... The question is... |
| 0:58.6 | The question... Will you shut up man? |
| 1:01.6 | Who is on your list, Joe? |
| 1:03.0 | This is so... |
| 1:04.0 | Gentlemen, I think... |
| 1:06.0 | This is so un-presidential. |
| 1:08.0 | We have... No, no. |
| 1:10.0 | We have... Faz, why did the Biden campaign decide to do this now? |
| 1:14.1 | Well, there's a lot of reasons, of course. |
| 1:15.5 | I'm now one is, I think they have a sense that they're behind at the moment. |
| 1:18.9 | You've got to have a debate with Trump. |
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